xii, 304 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm

Traces the story of the NYPD officer who solved the murders of Tupac Shakur and other famous hip-hop artists, describing the establishment of a hip-hop crime special force and the relationship between hip-hop culture, gangs, and drugs

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-304)

It's Like That, and That's the Way it is: The Unsolved Mysteries of Hip-Hop Tragedy -- These Are the Breaks: The Birth of Hip-Hop-and the Hip-Hop Cop -- White Lines: Undercover in the Boogie-Down at the Dawn of Crack -- Welcome to Crooklyn: Give Us Twenty-Two Minutes, and We'll Give You a Homicide -- Jacking the Rapper: The "Puff Daddy" Era-Rap Legends Born into Blood -- Ride or Die: The Rise and Fall of Tupac Shakur -- Ready to Die: Inside the Tragic Slaying of the Notorious B.I.G. -- Throw Ya Guns in the Air, and Bust 'Em Like You Just Don't Care: Puff Daddy, the Club New York Shooting-and the Birth of "Rap Intel" -- Killer Queens: Clocking Hip-Hop on "Giuliani Time" -- Back to Brooklyn: Losing the "Commission"-The Ones That Got Away -- Where's the Beef?: The Lil' Kim Shooting-And the Birth of the "Binder" -- Exceptional Clearance: Solving the Unsolved Homicide of Jam Master Jay -- Epilogue. Murder Inc. Was the Case: The Federal Takedown of Hip-Hop Crime

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